A Mary Marsh Christmas

Every Christmas Eve my extended family gets together and celebrates. There is close to 100 of us now and it is growing every year. That being said it is very hard to see everyone who is there. My favorite Christmas tradition is a Polish tradition, sharing of Oplatek.

Every family member gets a piece of this flat bread and we go around breaking it and sharing it with every family member.

We have family that comes from all over the country and I love it because even though we may not get to sit and talk with everyone we do at least get to say hello. The other fun tradition is that we have Santa come visit every year for the little ones….and some of the adults too! We have been doing this tradition for a long time. Here is a picture from 1986. It has now grown to many times the size of this.

The next generation is still enjoying Santa.

My favorite holiday recipe for fast and easy cookies is 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and press a fork down on it and then press the fork on it going the opposite way. Bake at 325 degrees for 6-8 minutes!



Mary K. Marsh